Radiometric dating exercises

The transgressive sedimentary sequence on Grand Cayman is similar to transgressive sedimentary sequences described from the Florida Everglades-mangrove complex, Florida Bay and the Belize Shelf.On Grand Cayman, however, the stratigraphy is less complex because there are not extensive freshwater peat-forming environments, or intertidal and supratidal carbonate environments.

With dinosaurs as focal point, course also introduces the student to how hypotheses in geological and paleobiological science are formulated and tested.